When you are the head coach of the two-time defending state champion, it's fair to say there is one question Jennifer Douglas will get asked over and over throughout the course of the 2025-2026 season.
Will there be a three-peat?
“This is like last year when I wasn’t even thinking about back-to-back but literally like one game at a time.
“All I’m thinking about is let’s get through the first game,” said Douglas.
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Emilio Pizano, Union City, expired tag and driving without license issued, $347.
Jacob Rayshun Lobaugh, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $245.
Porsha Leanne Pierce, Oklahoma City, failure to wear seat restraint, $20.
Jeffery Donnell Humphrey, Hinton, trespassing, $295.
Blake Scott Elmenhorst, El Reno, speeding in a construction zone, $495.
Erik Fernando Gutierrez-Garcia, Oklahoma City, improper U-turn, $145.
Cayne Jordon Cearlock, Leedey, expired tag and speeding, $330.
El Reno High School catcher and utility player Maddy Brinkman (center) signed to play college softball with Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
Brinkman was a first-team All-District player and multi-year starter for El Reno.
El Reno’s 11-under Little League football team won the Silver Super Bowl over Mustang Black.
Myracle Washington hit a 2-point jumper with one second left as Redlands Community College women’s basketball team extended its current win streak to eight games.
The Cougars moved to 8-1 on the season with a 58-56 win over National Park. The victory came on the heels of an 89-45 thrashing of Mid America Christian University’s junior varsity.
Washington’s basket gave her 16 points for the two games to go along with seven assists and three rebounds. Katelyn Harviston was one of three players with 18 points each along with Haven Joseph and Heaven Haywood.
Redlands Community College men’s basketball team earned its second victory in the last five games, defeating Loyalty College Prep 86-44.
The 42-point non-league blowout moved the Cougars to 4-4 on the season.
Redlands shot 43 percent from the field (35-of-81) and made 11 3-point baskets off 31 percent shooting. Jayden Forrest knocked down four of those treys, followed by Camren Hunt with three.
Jarren Cargil added two treys and RCC got one each from Cristian McElveen and Madden Padilla.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Marshals Service will be permitted to partner with tribal law enforcement in cases involving missing indigenous children under legislation proposed by two senators who represent states with numerous tribes.
The efforts of Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) were applauded by LaRenda Morgan, who helped lead the effort that led to passage in Oklahoma of “Ida’s Law,” named for her cousin, Ida Beard, who went missing from El Reno in 2015.
How to Cook a Turkey from Gretchen Fryar’s second-grade class:
First I will buy a turkey. Next, I will heat the turkey in the microwave for seven days. Then I will call my cosen to come over. Last, we will eat the turkey. - Emalee
First I bye two turkeys and place it in the smoker. Next, cook at 225 degrees for 506 huers. Then put seasoning on the turkey and put it bak in the smoker for 1 huer. Last, I take it out the smoker and git my famle and salas and we have a big feast. - Brooks
The Lord’s Harvest held a Thanksgiving meal distribution last week for residents in need.
Volunteers from four local churches helped the El Reno food pantry hand out boxes with fresh fruit, meats and cheese along with canned goods, microwavable dinners and a turkey.
One hundred and fifty-three families were served.
The annual El Reno High School Distinguished Alumni Banquet honored three alums last week.
The three alumni honored were the late David Eaton, Marty Hall and Dr. Rhys Cole.
Both Eaton and Hall started working early at El Reno fried onion burger establishments, while Cole was involved in agriculture at an early age.
Eaton would go on to build a successful insurance agency, while Hall created Sid’s Diner, a must-see Route 66 onion burger attraction.
Cole would follow his lifelong dream of becoming a veterinarian.
